How to Make Ultimate Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread

Hey everyone, welcome to our recipe page. Today I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread. This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread Recipe. Youtiao (油条), also known as Chinese fried dough or Chinese crullers, is a breakfast favorite in China. The Cantonese dialect has an even better name: yàuhjagwái (油炸鬼), which literally translates to "oil-fried-devil" (or ghost).

You can have Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread

1. Prepare 150 grams of Bread flour.
2. It’s 1 grams of Baking powder.
3. Take 1 grams of Baking Soda.
4. It’s 3 grams of Salt.
5. Prepare 100 ml of Water.
6. You need 1 of Frying oil.

This ain't no Olive Garden breakstick.Here's the skinny (or not so skinny, depending on how you look at it).When finished, the dough should feel very soft, but should not stick to the bowl.Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread step by step

1. Add the dry ingredients in a bowl and without using a spatula, mix them in a circular motion..
2. Add in the water and mix in a circular motion with cooking chopsticks. Once it's been mixed well, scrape off the ends of the chopsticks and knead with your hands..
3. Once the dough has stopped sticking to your hands and comes together, cover it with plastic wrap and let it sit for 30 minutes..
4. Once it's done resting, knead it a little bit more till it becomes shiny and the surface it smooth. Then roll it out to a 1cm thickness..
5. Fold the dough into thirds and shape it into a rectangular shape. Place it on a baking tray coated in vegetable oil, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator..
6. Once the dough has returned to room temperature, gently roll it out, divide into 8 portions and knead each into 2 pieces..
7. Take cooking chopsticks and push down firmly in the center of the pieces. Turn them over and do the same for the backside..
8. While pulling on the ends, twist them. Deep fry them in oil at 350℉ (170℃), while skimming off any scum, until they reach a good color..

Youtiao are normally eaten at breakfast as an accompaniment for rice congee, soy milk or regular milk blended with sugar.The Chinese Fried Breadstick, or youtiao in Chinese, is the MVP of Chinese breakfast.Besides the fact that it tastes amazing, it might be the most versatile item served for breakfast in Chinese restaurants.

Youtiao is also known as Chinese oil stick or Chinese cruller is a traditional Chinese breakfast.Youtiao in fact is deep-fried Chinese breadstick.The perfect match with Youtiao is soy milk.Once the breadstick soaks in the soy milk, the bouffant texture will absorb the soy milk and thus creating a very special taste.When I made the Spanish Churros Con Chocolate a month ago, I told you that, according to some sources, they were inspired by Chinese Crullers called Youtiao, and I promised to make them for the blog someday.